Parking or storage of motor vehicles shall be required in all districts and for all uses, except single family dwellings, subject to the following standards and regulations:
(a) Any person desiring to establish, maintain, or alter an off-street parking area shall submit plans to the Zoning Administrator showing the location, design, size, shape, landscaping, surface material, marking, lighting, drainage, curb cuts, entrances, exits, and any other pertinent features of the parking facility. Any curb cuts, entrances, exits, and drainage design shall have the written approval of the City Engineer or the Zoning Administrator.
(b) Parking requirements for uses or premises not specifically mentioned above will be determined by the provisions of the use which is most similar.
(c) In the case of mixed or combined uses in the same structure or on the same zoning lot, the total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements for the individual uses computed separately.
(d) Required parking spaces for a permitted use shall be computed relative to the entire first floor area of the building; parking for uses on additional floors including basement shall be added to the total required for the first floor.
(e) Each off-street parking space shall have a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum length of eighteen feet. The length of angled parking must be determined as the overall perpendicular distance of the spaces. Access drives to and from a parking space shall not be considered part of the required parking area.
(f) Driveways and internal circulation drives shall have a minimum width of twenty-four feet.
(g) If the use of a structure or premises changes, the minimum parking requirements shall apply to the new use.
(h) If a structure or premises are enlarged, the minimum parking requirements shall be applicable to the total area of the structure or premises.
(I) All off-street parking spaces shall be provided adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes. Backing onto a street or onto or across a public walk shall be prohibited.
(j) There shall be a curb or bumper rail provided wherever an off-street parking space is adjacent to a public sidewalk or right of way so designed to prevent any portion of the vehicle from extending beyond the limits of the required parking area.
(k) Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so installed and maintained as to confine light within the parking area and direct light away from adjoining premises.
(l) Off-street parking areas including access drives shall have a hard surface (concrete or bituminous) and shall be sloped and drained to dispose of all surface water.
(m) When units or measurements determining the number of required parking spaces result in the requirement of a fractional space, any fraction shall be construed to mean one space.
(n) In the instance of dual function of off-street parking spaces where operating hours of uses do not overlap, the Zoning Board of Appeals may grant an exception.
(o) Any off-street parking area containing ten or more spaces shall contain one suitably hardy tree for each ten spaces. Trees shall be spaced not less than fifty feet apart and shall be protected by a curbed planter or similar element with dimensions not less than six feet by six feet.
(p) Any construction or rearrangement of existing drives which involve the ingress and/or egress of vehicular traffic to or from a public street shall be so arranged as to ensure the maximum of safety and the least interference of traffic upon said streets.
(q) All parking areas shall be screened on all sides which abut an R-1 or R-2 District or a street right of way with an ornamental fence or compact hedge not less than three feet or more than six feet of a type which will at all seasons obscure vision from adjoining premises but will not interfere with corner vision as stipulated in this Zoning Code.
(r) Each off-street parking area entrance and exit shall have clearly defined drives at least twenty feet distant from adjacent property lines.
(s) The storage of merchandise, motor vehicles for sale, or the repair of vehicles is prohibited in any required parking area.
(t) The location of required off-street parking facilities shall be within 500 feet of the structure containing the use they are intended to serve, measured from the nearest point of the structure.
(u) Parking areas shall be setback a minimum of ten feet from all property lines and shall not be located in any required front or side setback area.
(v) The Zoning Administrator shall require such assurance, surety, or performance bonds in the form, manner, and amount as in his or her discretion may be required to compel compliance with all off-street parking requirements of this Zoning Code; provided, however, that such assurance, surety, or performance bond shall not be for amounts greater than the reasonable cost of complying with such off-street parking requirements.
(w) A permit issued for a parking area under the provisions of this Zoning Code shall be revocable, subject to compliance with all requirements and conditions as stipulated. (Ord. 52. Passed 6-16-97.)